2. He turned Microsoft into an enterprise
powerhouse. Today, there's a real debate over whether
Microsoft should give up on the consumer entirely. There's a
subtext to this debate which is that Microsoft was never a
consumer company and it was always killer in the enterprise.
That's not the case. Microsoft's Server & Tools group
has flourish under Ballmer taking on incumbents and
winning.

4. Unlike a lot corporate executives, was an
entertaining human being when he was on
stage. To illustrate this point, check out the two
photos below, which are in Getty's archives. They show Ballmer
hamming it up as he plays Xbox on stage. There's just no
executive in tech who is as bombastic, or entertaining. The rest
of tech's executives are generally cooler, and less willing to
explode on stage in moments of unfettered joy and passion.
Looking at these photos, it's a good reminder that Ballmer was
one of a kind, who we're going to miss.